Christmas gifts from the kitchen are well loved in our family. The kids love making them as much as their grandparents love eating them. A few years now we have been making batches of Almond Biscotti (recipe here) and we
Gifts from the Kitchen
Home Sweet Home, and Cranberry Muffins
I haven’t been writing lately, I’ve been cooking, we’ve been eating, but not much writing. This summer we moved…finally after house hunting since I was pregnant with our first. He is now 4 and his sister is 1 1/2. After
Homemade Instant Oatmeal — not from a packet
Our mornings can be crazy, hungry little kids ready to start the day before I am, and getting food on the table while they are under my feet can be challenging. I want them to start the day off with
A Brunch Menu
Mother’s Day and Father’s Day are coming up and I’m finally getting our last year’s meal posted, but this is a great menu for any special occasion served before noon. I have hosted many brunches over the years, many together
Applesauce Spice Cake, and Valentines
Valentine’s Day is fast approaching and I was lucky enough to have two cool kids, (mine and a great friend) helping me in the kitchen today. A lot of great learning happens when kids pull up a chair at the
How to make a Fruit Plate
In culinary school, how your dish looked was equally, if not more important than how it tasted. It took me longer than just culinary school to get good at this. Now anyone can cut up fruit and mix it in
Almond Biscotti
The past couple Christmas’s, my family has found homemade biscotti under the tree. This year everyone is returning my tins asking for refills. After a night of wake ups with the baby, a biscotti dunked in coffee is a welcome
The Smoothie Bucket
I haven’t posted anything in awhile, 3 months to be exact, and for good reason. I’ve been pregnant…and feeling very first trimester/terrible. So all things get set aside, and just making it through a day with any sort of dinner
Mom’s Pancakes
My mom strikes again, after raving about her Spaghetti, I thought I better get her pancakes on here too. I remember sleepovers at my cousins house as a kid and my aunt making us Bisquick pancakes with margarine (remember when people
Asparagus Ham Skillet
Also know by its less formal title, Hash and Eggs. Sunday morning brunch sounds great, but I like to make this for dinner when I’m hard up for ideas. If you have a bag of potatoes sitting around and some